Fire breaks out on oil tanker anchored in eastern Singapore; no one injured
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SCDF deployed three marine rescue vessels and 40 marine firefighting specialists to respond to the fire on the oil tanker.
PHOTO: SINGAPORE CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE
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SINGAPORE - A fire broke out on an oil tanker that was anchored in Singapore’s eastern area on the morning of June 20.
No one was injured in the accident and no oil was spilled into the sea.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the fire at 8.10am.
It deployed three marine rescue vessels and 40 marine firefighting specialists from Brani and West Coast Marine Fire Stations to respond to the incident.
“Upon SCDF’s arrival, black smoke was seen emitting from a storeroom in the oil tanker,” it said, adding that its firefighters used a water monitor from a marine rescue vessel to cool the exterior of the affected oil tanker.
“Known as boundary cooling, this helps to cool the metal structure of vessels. Concurrently, another team of firefighters boarded the oil tanker to locate the seat of fire and extinguished it using a water jet.”
The tanker’s crew are safe and accounted for, said SCDF, adding that it is investigating the cause of the fire.
